Henry Dunbar

Dunbar is the once-powerful head of a global media corporation and the central protagonist of the novel. He is the modern-day equivalent of King Lear. He is in his eighties but physically fit and commanding. Canadian-born, he is assertive and goal-oriented. Dunbar is used to having his way but that all changes when he makes the mistake of handing over his company to his scheming older daughters, Abigail and Megan, who betray him and stick him in a nursing home. Dunbar’s greatest flaw in the beginning of the novel is that he values the external over the internal. Blinded by his ego and stubbornness, he is unable to see the truth right in front of him. For instance, he thinks that Abigail and Megan are more loyal to him than Florence because they chose to stay working for the family business. He thinks that Florence loves...